{"nrhp_refnum":"98001210","name":"Grandy School, (Former)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of US 158 and Poplar Branch Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grandy","county":"Currituck County","state":"NC","lat":36.24138772900005,"lon":-75.88884421399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former one-story, gable-roofed frame school building in Grandy, an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, completed in 1908 from a state plan book. It now houses an antique shop.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rare, intact survivor of rural frame schools built from the Barrett and Thomson plan books issued by the state. It is the sole survivor of seven similar frame schools erected for the county's white children between 1907 and 1914, and it is described as among the oldest surviving Barrett and Thomson schools in the state. Its connection to local education reform and the Grandy family also underpins its listing.","narrative":"Built in 1908 in Grandy, a small unincorporated community on the mainland of Currituck County, this one-story frame schoolhouse follows a design from a state plan book prepared by Raleigh architects Charles Barrett and Frank K. Thomson. The gable roof rises to a central bell tower above a pedimented front section, with two porches leading to the two classrooms inside. Its weatherboard siding, with a cyma recta molding, was probably supplied by the Kramer Brothers saw mill of Elizabeth City. The school was completed for the January 1909 term and served the community until consolidation into Poplar Branch School in 1924. It is regarded as the sole survivor of seven similar frame schools built for the county's white children between 1907 and 1914. The building is valued for its architecture, which combines late Victorian and Colonial Revival features, and for its link to the expansion of public schooling in North Carolina under State Superintendent James Y. Joyner.","period_of_significance":"1908-1924","architect_builder":"Barrett, Charles; Thomson, Frank K. (architects); Brown, James F. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently houses an antique shop.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.331361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7198/47719870/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001210.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001210/70ba344945-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001210/70ba344945-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRANBY_SCHOOL,_CURRITUCK_COUNTY,NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRANBY_SCHOOL,_CURRITUCK_COUNTY,NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719870","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandy_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18207509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/currituck-county/grandy-school-former-98001210/"}